Doable Discipleship

Everyone wrestles with some of the biggest questions in life: If God is good, why do people suffer? Why does God seem so hidden? What does it matter if God exists? These questions are asked by Christians and non-Christians alike and it’s important to seek answers to these questions. Seeking answers to life's biggest questions is a part of being human. In today's episode, host Jason Wieland is joined by Lee Strobel, author of over 40 books and curricula including The Case For Christ and his latest book, Is God Real?. In this conversation, Jason and Lee discuss what questions people are really asking, how to respond to these questions, the current state of the discussion around these big topics, and more.

Episode originally released October 31, 2023
 
Atheist-turned-Christian Lee Strobel, the former award-winning legal editor of The Chicago Tribune, is a New York Times best-selling author of more than forty books and curricula that have sold fourteen million copies in total. He currently serves as Founding Director of the Lee Strobel Center for Evangelism and Applied Apologetics at Colorado Christian University.

Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by Jason Wieland, Saddleback Church Content Development Pastor. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 380 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
 
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.

Resources Related to This Episode:
Is God Real? - IsGodRealBook.com
leestrobel.com
See Lee's message at Saddleback Church at Saddleback.com

Related Doable Discipleship Episodes
What it Looks Like to Live Theologically - https://youtu.be/FZYtjFNsdlI
All Creation Sings - https://youtu.be/tfQfhlNj6mQ
What We Miss if we Only READ the Bible - https://youtu.be/Scm8yKDplYo
Navigating the Bible: The Gospels - https://youtu.be/fkfJKrgauC4

This episode is about theology.  Theology can be a big, intimidating topic for some people. Maybe you think theology doesn’t really apply to you, that it's a topic for other people to think about and you’ll just hear about it from your pastor or priest. Well what if we were to tell you that theology is truly, genuinely not scary but instead something so intimately associated with you and who you are that you can think about and exercise theology in your own life. So the question for today is how can I walk the theological life? 

In this episode host Jason Wieland is joined by Dr. Timothy Gaines, associate professor of religion at Trevecca Nazarene University and author of the new book, Walking the Theological Life. In this conversation, Tim and Jason talk about what theology is and why it’s not as scary as it sounds, the difference between living theologically and living secularly, what we can learn about walking theologically through the lives of people in the Bible, and much more.

Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by Jason Wieland, Saddleback Church Content Development Pastor. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 380 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
 
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.

Resources Related to This Episode:
Walking the Theological Life - https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Theological-Life-Discovering-Characters/dp/1514007436

Related Doable Discipleship Episodes
Living Out of Overflow - 
https://youtu.be/aBKXbHf0X0s
All Creation Sings - https://youtu.be/tfQfhlNj6mQ
What We Miss if we Only READ the Bible - https://youtu.be/Scm8yKDplYo
Navigating the Bible: The Gospels - https://youtu.be/fkfJKrgauC4

In all of the conversation around identity, relationships, loneliness, doubt, there is a key word. That word is belonging. Belonging is packed with so much meaning because it can impact or influence us personally and relationally. It is a fundamental human need to be known, to feel belonging, but that is true of what you think about yourself as much as it is what you think of your place with others. We’ve talked about identity on this podcast, and we’ve talked about relationships. Today, we’re going to focus on bridging these two topics through reimaging who we are and how we relate. 

In today's episode, host Jason Wieland is joined by Sarah Westfall, host of the Human Together podcast and author of the new book "The Way of Belonging." In this conversation, Sarah and Jason talk about the fundamental questions we wrestle with about identity, belonging and relationships, the struggles that try to keep us from feeling rooted in our belonging, how the journey to know God is also a journey to know ourselves, and what it means to reimagine who we are and how we relate. 

Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by Jason Wieland. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 380 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
 
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.

Resources Related to This Episode:
The Way of Belonging - https://www.amazon.com/Way-Belonging-Reimagining-Who-Relate/dp/151400853X/

Related Doable Discipleship Episodes
Living Out of Overflow - 
https://share.transistor.fm/s/b94036e7
What God’s Love For You Teaches About How We Should Love Others - https://share.transistor.fm/s/d56c5fd4
Embracing the Beautiful Mess of Relationships - https://share.transistor.fm/s/d2a4cfa7

What does it mean to live out of overflow? For so many people, life can feel like it's just coasting by or maybe it's a struggle to get through the day. Maybe you are feeling like you're on empty. What God offers, however, is a life of overflowing. What does that mean? What does that look like? In this episode, host Jason Wieland is joined by Saddleback Church Engagement Pastor Meaghan Grider to dive into the question of living out of overflow. Jason and Meaghan talk about inviting overflow, how to navigate dry seasons, what abiding looks like as a means to overflow, how overflow should effect your daily life, and much more. 

Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by Jason Wieland. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 380 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
 
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.

Related Doable Discipleship Episodes
What God's Love Teaches About How We Should Love Others - 
https://youtu.be/Hcu3TTzS9A4
Thinking About the Fruit of the Spirit - https://youtu.be/1JPaiNnbcAs

What does it look like to give God all of your worship? Saddleback Worship has released a new song called All My Worship and today's episode looks at what it means to worship God. This episode begins with a special recording of the new song All My Worship then host Jason Wieland is joined by Sara Peyton King, Saddleback Worship Leader and co-writer of All My Worship, to talk about what it looks like to give God all your worship. Jason and Sara discuss worship as prayer, surrendering ourselves in worship, and what we hope God thinks when we worship and sing to Him. 

Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by Jason Wieland. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 380 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
 
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.

Resources from this episode: 

All My Worship - https://slinky.to/AllMyWorshipSW

Related Doable Discipleship Episodes
All Creation Sings - 
https://youtu.be/tfQfhlNj6mQ
Why Do We Sing to God? - https://youtu.be/Up2nhhkaRco

Last year we released an episode of Doable Discipleship called The Burden & Gift of Living. Host Jason Wieland had read a book called On Getting Out of Bed by Alan Noble, and even though we were not able to interview him at the time, Jason needed to talk about this book. No book resonated with and spoke to Jason as deeply as On Getting out of Bed so Jason did his first solo episode of the podcast talking about the book. Well, the topic seemed to strike a chord as in the 6 months since its release, that episode has become one of the most engaged in the history of Doable Discipleship, and the numbers just continue to go up. 

On Getting Out of Bed is a look at the struggles of everyday living and the reality of mental affliction, to the point that some people constantly wrestle with the question of why to even get out of bed. The book is a beautiful essay on the reality of brokenness, the goodness of God, and the hope of healing. Well, today is a day Jason has eagerly awaited. 

In today's episode, Jason is joined by Dr. Alan Noble, author of On Getting Out of Bed. In this conversation, Alan and Jason talk about why the topic of life’s burden speaks to so many people today, how generations approach mental affliction differently, whether or not to openly discuss your own mental afflictions, hope of healing, the role of those who care for those who struggle with mental afflictions, and so so much more. 

Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by Jason Wieland. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 380 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
 
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.

Resources from this episode: 

On Getting Out of Bed by Alan Noble - https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Out-Bed-Burden-Living/dp/1514004437

Related Doable Discipleship Episodes
The Burden & Gift of Living - https://youtu.be/VP6kHyBUpP4
Living a Non-Anxious Life - https://youtu.be/DPwC3I77F8E

This Father's Day week, Doable Discipleship is having a some dad talk. In this episode, host Jason Wieland is joined by Celebrate Recovery Pastor Johnny Baker to talk dad life. Jason's kids are 6 and younger, Johnny's kids are in high school and college. The different stages of fatherhood are a real thing and can be difficult to navigate. In this conversation, Jason and Johnny talk about lessons from different stages of fatherhood, parenting differences between boys and girls, parenting from a place of recovery, Star Wars, and much more. 

Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by Saddleback Church Content Development Pastor Jason Wieland. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 370 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel. 

Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts. 

Related Doable Discipleship Episodes:
How to Grow a Connected Family - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aRUFS5VWYc&list=PLgmRz0Ecn4AJh2rqJFQ6OTKM8XtxKXAbT&index=82

Tips for Discipling Your Kids - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnjARth24Lc&list=PLgmRz0Ecn4AJh2rqJFQ6OTKM8XtxKXAbT&index=80

How to Have Freedom From Your Hurts, Hang-Ups and Habits - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAS9Ah8rDtI

In this Rewind episode of Doable Discipleship, originally released in February 2023, Jason Wieland and Linda Tokar talk with Pastor Buddy Owens about Spiritual Warfare. Buddy talks through what spiritual warfare means, what the Bible says about it, and how we are called to participate in it. He discusses our identity in Christ, the importance of what it means to have Christ’s authority, and how these truths mean we do not have to live in fear even while in a spiritual battle. Buddy looks at the power of prayer as a strategy for spiritual warfare and provides some resource suggestions for people who want to learn more.
 
Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 379 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel.
 
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit Saddleback.com/podcasts.

Related Episodes:
What Does it Mean to Be Made in the Image of God - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S12S7rjsgCw&list=PLgmRz0Ecn4AJh2rqJFQ6OTKM8XtxKXAbT&index=38

Unpacking the Dual Reality of Being a Sinner and a Saint - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmK6ABV8ui4&list=PLgmRz0Ecn4AJh2rqJFQ6OTKM8XtxKXAbT&index=55

Types of Prayer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LldUFR4DDes&list=PLgmRz0Ecn4AJh2rqJFQ6OTKM8XtxKXAbT&index=71

The Power of Intercessory Prayer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29qWvhFZaII&list=PLgmRz0Ecn4AJh2rqJFQ6OTKM8XtxKXAbT&index=70

Resources From This Episode: 

The Purpose and Power of Prayer with Buddy Owens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThAbQnMhJz0&t=4s

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To tell a friend about Doable Discipleship or share it on your social media, use saddleback.com/doable.

For more resources to help you grow, visit saddleback.com/grow or email [email protected].

Your church likely has kids and student ministries where kids can go to learn about God. Adults often say we’re grateful for those pastors and then continue on focusing on our own church experience. There is something missing in the way that we think about the next generation. There’s not just an opportunity, but a necessity, to be intentional toward and praying for the next generation. Kids and students are not just the future church, they are the church of now and they will face challenges and trials as they continue to grow in their faith, but they also will see wonderful opportunities and powerful experiences. How can we be entering into prayer on their behalf? How can we be lifting up the next generation? 

In today's Rewind episode, originally released June 13, 2023, host Jason Wieland talks with Kendall Hibiske about why we must pray for the next generation. This is a powerful conversation about how we should view the next generation, our role in prayer, and where the two meet. The conversation looks at the power of intergenerational prayer, what we can be learning from the younger generation, how our prayer lives can and do change, and some ways we can specifically be praying for the next generation.
 
Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 370 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel.
 
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.

Resources from this Episode: 
1,000 Names by Phil Wickham (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El0s9bvw7EI)
 
Related Doable Discipleship Episodes:
Doable Discipleship – Types of Prayer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LldUFR4DDes&list=PLgmRz0Ecn4AJ5LcIa-51YvK9ogQq0Q1z5&index=3&t=5s)
 
Doable Discipleship – The Power of Intercessory Prayer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29qWvhFZaII&list=PLgmRz0Ecn4AJ5LcIa-51YvK9ogQq0Q1z5&index=2&t=321s)
 

To tell a friend about Doable Discipleship or share it on your social media, use saddleback.com/doable.

For more resources to help you grow, visit saddleback.com/grow or email [email protected].

There’s a little book in the New Testament that doesn’t get as much love as it should. The book is Philemon – it’s a letter from Paul to a man named Philemon whose slave, Onesimus had runaway but was led to Christ by Paul. It’s a beautiful picture of reconciliation – and helpful for us as we think about how to better reconcile relationships. We know that relationships come with all sorts of difficulties, but there are also biblical ways to maintain healthy relationships and reconcile them when they break or run into difficulty. 

For today's episode, host Jason Wieland is joined by Bryan Loritts, teaching pastor at Summit Church in North Carolina and author of the new book, Enduring Friendship: Sticking Together in an Age of Unfriending. In this episode, Bryan and Jason talk about why it’s hard to maintain friendships, God’s message through the book of Philemon, and how to live out a healthy relationship through Truth, Repentence, and Grace. 

Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by Saddleback Church Content Development Pastor Jason Wieland. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 370 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback). 

Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts. 

Related Doable Discipleship Episodes:
What God's Love for You Teaches us About How We Should Love Others- https://youtu.be/Hcu3TTzS9A4
How I Should Relate to the Global Family of God - https://youtu.be/9597cvSJf4s
Embracing the Beautiful Mess of Relationships - https://youtu.be/g5zKpa7Cb-8